26.10.2009
Some of the PFUR courses will be quarantined because of the flu A/H1N1
Moscow, October, 19.
The seven-day quarantine will be entered because of pork flu on some courses of four faculties of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) because at seven students of this high school the flu A/H1N1 has been confirmed, the head physician of capital polyclinic №25 which serves the university, Alexander Hodorovich has informed RIA Novosti news agency on Monday.
He has specified that the virus of a new flu is revealed at students of medical, agrarian and economic faculties, and also faculty humanitarian and social sciences. Six from seven diseased have been hospitalized; one of them - the student from China - is already discharged from the hospital. One more student-Muscovite is treated at home.
"Today the order about the lay-off for seven days on quarantine of some courses of these faculties has to be written out because there was an instruction of the assistant to the main health officer on the city of Moscow", - Hodorovich has told.
He has informed that the students from Russia, Tanzania, India, Bangladesh and China have been diagnosed the flu A/H1N1. All diseased is in a satisfactory condition.
"As soon as we have received the information on acknowledgement of this flu culture, we have there and then revealed contacts not only on residing at a hostel, but also on educational groups. All the "contact" students pass inspection within ten days from the moment of revealing of the first cases of disease", - the interlocutor of agency has told.
As he said, the first case of pork flu among PFUR students has been revealed last week. Hodorovich assumes that the virus has been delivered to Russia from Tunis where one of pupils of university was on holiday.
Source: RIA Novosti news agency
